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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/13/2014 12:38:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		I did actually send Adam some information for that article. Unfortunately it looks like he posted it before receiving my reply. Hopefully the information I sent him will show up on Space Sector soon.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/13/2014 1:57:11 AM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/13/2014 2:54:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just as a courtesy to him, I'd like to give him the chance on that scoop first.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/13/2014 3:01:10 PM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 3:28:48 AM   
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I would add though, with all due respect to Adam (because SpaceSector is great), that surely it is time to hit a broader audience. I only discovered Adam's site by pure accident.

Take Polygon as one of various examples that could be referenced. I can read about Stardrive (when you have a far superior game) and Galactic Civilisations 3 (the market leader and a true competitor) but there is not even a whisper about Distant Worlds.

I do not understand the marketing strategy and how keeping it so amazingly quiet is the best approach. We all want to see a bigger community, more modders, and more profit so there is a bigger budget for Distant Worlds 2 don't we?



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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 4:21:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		The strategy is what it is, and doing Adam a favor probably means more free headline space with kind words.

What I'd like, if we're not getting the facts until Adam cares to share them with us, would at least be some indication of what sort of features we can hope for. If I say "scripting support", are we then talking or ? Component modding, or ? Detailed AI research and build strategies, or ? Galaxy shapes? Space creatures? Galactopedia updates for customized content? A tool for replacing in-game fonts?

Come on, Erik. You don't have to spill all the beans but at least give us a vague scent to go on.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 6:40:58 AM   
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The strategy is what it is, and doing Adam a favor probably means more free headline space with kind words.

Indeed ... it is what it is. If possible I'd like a slightly more considered discussion.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 7:18:16 AM   
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A tool for replacing in-game fonts?

I bet a tool to shut down annoying custumer to prevent them to do unnessesary question ! :-))

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 10:28:23 AM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 11:54:44 AM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 1:59:25 PM   
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Well, we know Adam reads these boards, so, "Hey, Adam, please publish the informaton, ok? Pretty please!"

Your wish has been granted.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 2:00:27 PM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 2:03:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Perfect! Everything everyone always craved for!
You just made many people's day, Erik!

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 3:33:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Get Distant Worlds Universe to Steam, integrate Steam Works for easy Mod Support and you will get massive amounts of sales, imho

P.S.: I really would love to have this game in my Steam library.. or even a working Steam Overlay would be cool

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 3:36:52 PM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 4:44:32 PM   
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Get Distant Worlds Universe to Steam, integrate Steam Works for easy Mod Support and you will get massive amounts of sales, imho

P.S.: I really would love to have this game in my Steam library.. or even a working Steam Overlay would be cool


I would keep those sorts of comments to yourself or this thread will get locked, trust me there is a graveyard of locked threads out there because of it.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 5:09:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would not see that that redically - just FYI, Steam has been discussed to death and it is not the way the devs and Matrix want to go. Period...

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 5:27:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't know if you'll ever read this, Adam, but thank you for that article. Really solid timing on that one.

And thank you Code Force and Matrix. This is absolutely awesome news. Some bit of scripting, component modding, resource adjustments, galaxy shapes... I'm loving it already and I haven't even seen it.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 8:13:30 PM   
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I would keep those sorts of comments to yourself or this thread will get locked, trust me there is a graveyard of locked threads out there because of it.

Darkspire

Its just my personal opinion nothing more involved here.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/14/2014 11:16:43 PM   
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I would keep those sorts of comments to yourself or this thread will get locked, trust me there is a graveyard of locked threads out there because of it.

Darkspire

Its just my personal opinion nothing more involved here.

And there are opinions which oppose yours.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/15/2014 9:34:48 AM   
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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/15/2014 1:36:20 PM   
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Indeed ... it is what it is. If possible I'd like a slightly more considered discussion.

A more considered discussion would of course be nice, but I don't think publisers are all that fond of discussing their marketing strategies and certainly not with an audience that has unknown qualifications.

So it is what it is, much like how Steam controls the version of your games or how certain Blizzard games are always online. It's their decision and there's very little hope of getting an honest discussion about it in public, even if Erik is a lot more participatory on this forum than most executives in the business.

By the way, one thing we definitely don't know anything about is actually the agreement between Matrix and Code Force, and if we are to discuss or evaluate the publisher's performance then that's sort of problematic. What if the deal doesn't include much of a marketing campaign? What if they're building up for something somewhat bigger once we get closer to the release date of Universe?

I'm quit fond of speculation but in this case we really don't have too much to go on. There's the lack of active measures on various forums around the Internet or any significant advertisement campaigns but that's about it. These "lacks" could very well be entirely according to agreement.

Final thing, what brought me here was actually Adam posting a comment about a review done on SotS2 (IIRC) at the SotS forum. They weren't too pleased that he wasn't that impressed and felt a bit short changed, and someone even argued that such was to be expected from someone who rated DW that highly. Then I read his DW review, took a peak at this forum, and started getting into this game. That's at least one sale as a consequence of being nice to Adam in return for positive mentions, isn't it?

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/16/2014 9:03:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		There is plenty of speculation and amusement here:

Niche game or undermarketed?

I fully agree doing the right thing by Adam was important.

Erik participates but Galactic Civilisations 3 is a mile ahead in Marketing e.g. news on major gaming sites, various information available, Frogboy asking for feedback in various areas etc. And also everyone could learn a thing or ten from Star Citizen.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/17/2014 12:43:54 PM   
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What's going on anyway DevildogFF ... playing more Distant Worlds than Stardrive eh?


Well, it does have more legs than the latter....soooo yeah. I am. In all honesty, I've probably put 3 times as many hours in to DW than SD.

A combination of the two would rock my world, though.


You made want to update this thread then ...



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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/18/2014 6:03:53 PM   
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What's going on anyway DevildogFF ... playing more Distant Worlds than Stardrive eh?


Well, it does have more legs than the latter....soooo yeah. I am. In all honesty, I've probably put 3 times as many hours in to DW than SD.

A combination of the two would rock my world, though.


You made want to update this thread then ...





Hahahaha! What a thread necro! That was before the Shadows expansion. Something about Shadows just really helped it click with me. I think it's the pre-warp mode, but yeah, if it *needs* to be updated....


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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/18/2014 6:27:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		You're not the only one who failed to get into DW at the first attempt. I had the game for about 8 months before I really started playing it. Funny what you say about pre-warp, though, because I feel the same way. For me there is just something more satisfying about starting with no hyperdrive tech and no space ships. Weird really, because in many ways the pre-warp part is rather boring (although I reckon a bit of modding might fix that), but I still enjoy it.

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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/19/2014 1:24:38 AM   
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What's going on anyway DevildogFF ... playing more Distant Worlds than Stardrive eh?


Well, it does have more legs than the latter....soooo yeah. I am. In all honesty, I've probably put 3 times as many hours in to DW than SD.

A combination of the two would rock my world, though.


You made want to update this thread then ...





Hahahaha! What a thread necro! That was before the Shadows expansion. Something about Shadows just really helped it click with me. I think it's the pre-warp mode, but yeah, if it *needs* to be updated....



It's all in jest DevildogFF, you are a very welcome addition to the commmunity.

If one is going to necro a thread, gotta make it good ...




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RE: Fourth Expansion? - 1/19/2014 1:53:39 PM   
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What's going on anyway DevildogFF ... playing more Distant Worlds than Stardrive eh?


Well, it does have more legs than the latter....soooo yeah. I am. In all honesty, I've probably put 3 times as many hours in to DW than SD.

A combination of the two would rock my world, though.


You made want to update this thread then ...





Hahahaha! What a thread necro! That was before the Shadows expansion. Something about Shadows just really helped it click with me. I think it's the pre-warp mode, but yeah, if it *needs* to be updated....



See? DW grows on you! ...like a fungus!!

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